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proconsul::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | hominoid |
proconsul::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | functionary, official |
| Derivation | proconsular, proconsulship |
proconsul::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | governor |
| Derivation | proconsular, proconsulship |
Examples of proconsul
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An international proconsul was appointed as the final arbiter of political life.
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The proconsul of Africa forwarded Diocletian an anxious inquiry on the Manichees.
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No proconsul named Gratus or village named Ardabau have been identified, however.
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He used his powers as proconsul to overrule local tyrants, nitwits and crooks.
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At the trial in nearby Sabratha the Roman proconsul Claudius Maximus presided.
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In the year 209 BC, Marcellus was named proconsul and retained control of his army.
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His older brother, Gallio, became proconsul in the Roman province of Achaea.
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This is another Bremer, the proconsul come to hear a supplicant's petition.
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Down in Baghdad, Paul Bremer, Iraq's American proconsul, is in a bind.
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- An official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
- A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
- An anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
- A proconsul was a governor of a province in the Roman Republic appointed for one year by the senate. In modern usage, the title has been used for leaders appointed by foreign powers.
- Proconsul is an extinct genus of primates that existed from 23 to 17 million years ago during the Early Miocene epoch. Fossil remains are present in Eastern Africa including Kenya and Uganda. Four species have been classified to date: P. africanus, P. heseloni, P. major and P. nyanzae. ...
- A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
- Is a well represented Miocene hominoid, living from 23 to 14 million years ago. There was considerable variation in this genus. [3: image ]
